The others stared stonily at her, angry that an outsider should so abruptly find favor.
And Texas' economy is starting to benefit from a side effect of the bust that outsiders may find galling.
It comes from the sound of their greeting, which outsiders found comical.
An outsider would have found the conversations difficult to follow, but that was a matter of content as well as accent.
But outsiders find themselves a lot lighter in the pocket if they overnight there.
But Africans had no use for the romantic images that outsiders often found irresistible.
For their part, the outsiders - most of whom never considered themselves wealthy - find the long-time residents just as hard to comprehend.
But they also have braincells to rub together - something that outsiders find difficult to stomach.
The outsider looking in at another culture finds it staring back.
Sometimes, an outsider finds it easier to spot what is preventing a team from functioning.